The Simpson
House Inn in Santa Barbara, Calif., has created its
Celebration of Romance packages, including Flirt, the
wooing plan; Love Story, the anniversary plan;
Enchantment, 
for popping the question;
Fantasy, for tying the knot; and Passion, the
honeymoon plan.
For example, Flirt
is priced from $690 for a night or $890 for two nights during the
week and $1,280 on weekends. The plan includes a wine tasting and
hors d'oeuvres; rose petals and candles at turndown; and breakfast
and mimosas.
Simpson
House Inn
Phone: (800) 676-1280
Web:www.simpsonhouseinn.com
GDS: Worldspan
Families can leap
over to the Buckingham Hotel in New York for a
plan inspired by the American Museum of Natural History's "Lizards
& Snakes: Alive" exhibit, on display through Jan. 7.
The Leaping
Lizards package includes deluxe suite accommodations; museum
admission for two adults and two children, including admission to
the exhibition; and themed souvenirs for the youngsters.
The package is
priced at $479 per night for two adults and two children with a
minimum two-night stay required.
Blackout dates are
Nov. 3 to 5, Dec. 1 to 9 and Dec. 30 to Jan. 1.
Buckingham
Hotel
Phone: (888) 511-1900
Web:www.buckinghamhotel.com
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With the Louisiana
Superdome open again, Marriott-branded hotels in New Orleans are
celebrating the return of the National Football League's New
Orleans Saints with the Comeback package.
The overnight plan,
valid through Jan. 2, includes accommodations at the New
Orleans Marriott or the JW Marriott New
Orleans, breakfast for two and a gift pack with a Saints
hat, T-shirt, roasted peanuts and soft drinks. The package is
priced from $139 per room, per night, double.
New Orleans
Marriott or JW Marriott New Orleans
Phone: (800) 228-9290. Ask for code
SPE
Web:www.jwmarriottneworleans.com or www.neworleansmarriott.com.
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The Hyatt
Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles is 
offering a package for college football
fans in town for a UCLA Bruins or USC Trojans game this
fall.
The
Touchdown overnight plan covers breakfast for two in the
Breeze restaurant, use of the fitness center and one in-room
movie.
The package, valid
weekends through Dec. 3, is priced at $259 per room, per
night.
Hyatt
Regency Century Plaza
Phone: (800) 233-1234; request rate code
PLAZA
Web:www.centuryplaza.hyatt.com
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Now that the puck
has dropped on the 2006-07 hockey season, Courtyard by
Marriott Detroit Downtown is offering a package to fans
attending a weekend home game of the National Hockey League's
Detroit Red Wings.
Valid for weekend
home games throughout the hockey season through April 9, the
Stay & Play Red Wings Fan package includes deluxe
accommodations; valet parking at the hotel; transportation to and
from the Red Wings' game via Detroit's People Mover; and breakfast
for two at the hotel's Sweet Lorraine's restaurant.
The plan is priced
from $139 to $169 per room, per night.
Courtyard
by Marriott Detroit Downtown
Phone: (800) 228-9290; ask for rate code
SPE
Web:www.detroitdowntowncourtyard.com
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The
Princeton (N.J.) Marriott Hotel & Conference Center at
Forrestal is inviting families to spend Thanksgiving at
the hotel by offering a traditional Thanksgiving Day buffet and
a discounted room rate.
The nightly rate is
$99 per room, single or double, and is valid from Nov. 17 through
25. The rate is also valid for any Friday or Saturday in December
and January. The Thanksgiving Day buffet will be open from noon to
6 p.m. and is priced at $39.95 for adults and $19.95 for children
ages 4 through 12, excluding taxes and service charges.
Reservations are required.
Princeton
Marriott Hotel & Conference Center at
Forrestal
Phone: (800) 943-6709 or (609) 452-7800
(reservations for the Thanksgiving buffet must be made via this
number)
Web:www.princetonmarriott.com
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After a year's
worth of promotions celebrating Newport, R.I.-based Hotel
Viking's 80th anniversary, the property is ending the year
with the 80th Anniversary Holiday Getaway, valid Nov. 17
through Dec. 30.
The overnight plan
features accommodations for two in a Newport guest room, parking at
the hotel, afternoon tea at the hotel's One Bellevue Restaurant and
tickets to two holiday-decorated Newport mansions. At afternoon
tea, an assortment of tea sandwiches, petit fours, scones and
pastries are served.
The plan is priced
from $229 per room, per night, double, plus tax.
Hotel
Viking
Phone: (800) 556-7126 or (401)
847-3300
Web:www.hotelviking.com
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Guests are invited
to spend Christmas and New Year's in Paris at 
Hotel Le
Bristol with rates valid from Dec. 21 to Jan.
2.
Christmas
rates, valid Dec. 21 to 28, include buffet breakfast for two,
champagne and chocolates upon arrival and a gift for children on
Christmas Day. New Year's rates, valid Dec. 29 to Jan. 2,
include buffet breakfast for two, champagne and chocolates on Dec.
31 and a gift for children on Jan. 1.
Rates range from
approximately $742 to $880 for guest rooms and from $994 to $1,750
for suites. The rates are per room, per night, double, and cover
taxes and service charges, except for a daily city tax of about
$2.
Hotel Le
Bristol
Phone: (011) 33 1-53 434-325 or (800)
745-8883 (via the Leading Hotels of the World)
Web:www.hotel-bristol.com or www.lhw.com
E-mail:[email protected]
GDSs: All systems using code LW
Steps away from
shopping at the Embarcadero Center, the Hyatt Regency San
Francisco has created the Holiday Shopping plan,
available Nov. 19 through Dec. 30.
Priced from $209
per room, double, the cost covers an overnight stay, valet parking,
two-for-one breakfast in the hotel's Eclipse Cafe and two passes
for Embarcadero Center's ice skating rink.
Also included is a
discount booklet to nearby Macy's Union Square and discount
vouchers for stores at Embarcadero Center.
The hotel also
offers a Breakfast With Santa plan during the same period, priced
at $209 per room for two adults and two children sharing. The cost
covers parking and breakfast.
Hyatt
Regency San Francisco
Phone: (800) 233-1234 or (415)
291-1234
Web:www.sanfranciscohyattregency.com
GDSs: All systems
Rates for the preceding are commissionable at 10%, except
where noted.
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